Alliteration: the repetition of the same or similar sounds at the beginning of words.Apostrophe: words that are spoken to a person who is absent or imaginary, or to an object or abstract idea
The prominence or emphasis given to a syllable or word. In the word poetry, the accent (or stress) falls on the first syllable.The repetition of the same or similar sounds at the beginning of words: What would the world be, once bereft/Of wet and wildness? (Gerard Manley Hopkins, Inversnaid )
WRITING YOUR WAY HOME.A POETRY WEEKEND INTENSIVE.AT AN ENGLISH MANOR HOUSE.St Marguerite s Retreat House.Situated on 93 acres of wooded land.With pathways that lend themselves.To serene contemplation of nature.And nurturing of your creative spirit.Located at the convent of Saint John the Baptist
Figurative Language.Alliteration is a poetic device which repeats the same beginning sound for effect.Underline the alliteration in these sentences.Example: The sun sizzled the swimmers skin.1. The rapidly rising river rushed rampantly.2. A mysterious man mumbled a message
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY S A DEFENCE OF POETRY: QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS.This handout was prepared by Dr. William Tarvin, a retired professor of literature. Please visit my free website Over 500 works of American and British literature are analyzed there for free
Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley.I met a traveller from an antique landWho said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stoneStand in the desert. Near them on the sand,Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frownAnd wrinkled lip and sneer of cold commandTell
Definition: A poem is a form of writing that comes in different forms and shapes. A poem may have a rhyming pattern, a rhythm pattern, or be done in free-verse.Types of Poetry.A. Alphabet poem: a type of poetry which states a funny thought or idea using the alphabet to begin each line
An Art Like Everything Else
This poem comes from the collection Mean Time, published in 1998, it probably provided the inspiration for Duffy s first themed collection of poetry The World s Wife (1999), in which she considers the often neglected women behind some of the most iconic
Forms in Poetry.Most people can recognize a poem when they see it. Poems usually consist of lines instead of sentences and present ideas in stanzas instead of paragraphs. There are exceptions to every rule, and poems exist in many forms
Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950).Born in Rockland, Maine, Edna St Vincent Millay, the eldest of three daughters, was encouraged by her mother to explore the worlds of music and poetry. When she was twenty her work began to be recognised, especially
Jenna Komarin.Shared Reading: Something Told The Wild Geese by Rachel Field.Source: Text Savvy Shared Reading Cycle.PURPOSE: Day Two: Locating oneself in the text.GOALS AND OBJECTIVES : Students will be asked to notice specific words and images that
Station 1 (Part I).o Write a diary entry for one of the following characters: Bess, Tim, and the highwayman. Work as a group to write the entry, but each person must write their own entry. Your diary entry needs to be 1-2 paragraphs.Station 1 (Part II)
Typical Multiple-Choice Stems from the AP Literature Exam.1. The passage focuses primarily on.2. The first two paragraphs suggest that (meaning).3. In lines ___ - ___ line is quoted is an example of (literary term).4. In the second paragraph (line ___ - ___), the narrator characterizes X as
Intro to Classic of Poetry.One of the earliest literary texts: it shows us something of the continuity of Chinese literature. (together with the Shujing) to probably 1000-600. Confucius already refers to the 300 poems of the Shijing (he is also associated
Opening Statements/Thesis Paragraphs.2010 Form B Poetry Prompt.1. In Samuel Johnson's To Sir John Lade, on His Coming of Age and A.E. Housman's When I Was One-and-Twenty , we are given two views and two forms of advice that help us understand the way